Te Araroa means The Long Pathway – and its 3000 kilometres (1850+ miles) link one end of New Zealand with the other and takes some 5 0r 6 million steps to complete.
All over the world there are many long walks, what makes this one different is that it doesn’t merely traverse one geographic feature but covers all the variety of terrain of one country: coastline to forests; from river valleys to mountain passes, from lakes to volcanoes! It even passes through Tanera Park, and beside my allotment, here in our capital city, Wellington. 
So, if you plan on walking all or some of the trail you could do no better that use the book by Geoff Chapple, published by Random House, Te Araroa: a walking guide to New Zealand’s long trail.
Ooh, looks like a good book! Thanks for sharing. Have you done any/many of the 113 walks?
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Unfortunately…no! Well, not yet anyway.
Good info in the book for YHA members as you have many hostels handy to the start or end of various trails.
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So many of the YHA’s are placed near the beginning or end of a awesome walks! One of my favourites being YHA Glenorchy which was the perfect place to relax after the Routeburn Track!
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so true!
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